Grand Island is 0-4 against Pius X since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Grand Island Islanders will head out on the road to square off against the Pius X Thunderbolts at 5:45 p.m. Grand Island will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Nebraska Rankings (they are ranked 61st, while Pius X is ranked seventh).
Sadly, Grand Island is still looking for their first win of the season after nine games. Their rough 4-0 loss to Norfolk on Monday might stick with them for a while.
Meanwhile, Pius X kept a clean sheet against Lincoln High on Monday. They blew past the Links 4-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Pius X was the better team in the second half.
Grand Island's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Pius X, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
Grand Island might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Pius X when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Grand Island avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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